Letters and Politics – May 12, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics
10:00 AM Pacific Time: Monday - Thursday
Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Richard Wolff On Everything You Need to Know About Inflation
Guest: Richard Wolff is an economist and host of Economic Update. He also teaches at the New School University and is the co-founder of Democracy At Work. www.democracyatwork.info
Bart D. Ehrman is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author of Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition
Letters and Politics – May 9, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guest: Kate Jessica Rafael is a former board member and volunteer of ACCESS Women’s Health Justice and San Francisco Women Against Rape, and a long-time producer of Women’s Magazine here on KPFA. She’s currently based in Seattle. She is the author of The Midwife’s In Town.
Woman: A History of an Idea
Guest: Lillian Faderman is a renowned scholar and widely seen as the founder of lesbian history and literature. She is the author of the book Woman: The American History of an Idea.
Letters and Politics – May 3, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Letters and Politics – May 2, 2022
A look at burning political issues and debates and their historical context within the US and worldwide, hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Guest: Peter Cozzens, historian and author of the book Tecumseh and the Prophet: The Shawnee Brothers Who Defied a Nation.
Guest: Joshua Prager is an investigative reporter and author of the book The Family Roe: An American Story.